Version 1.1 of the standard covers spur and bevel gears, planetary gear stages, and their components. It has been incorporated into Schaeffler’s Bearinx rolling bearing analysis tool, SEW-Eurodrive’s Wesilab gearbox calculation program, and FVA’s Workbench. Some CAE tool suppliers are also starting to use it.
Schaeffler is offering automatic exchange of gearbox data via the REXS interface and says that Bearinx users will get results much faster.
The developers predict that gearbox manufacturers with customised applications will benefit from being able to exchange data digitally with their suppliers. REXS allows the data to be transferred quickly and error-free. The freeware can be downloaded from the REXS Web site.